Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The committee will now hear from the following witnesses: Professor Barry McMullin, Dublin City University, DCU, who is joined remotely by Mr. Paul Price, research assistant, DCU; Professor Peter Thorne, Irish Climate Analysis and Research Unit group, Maynooth University; and Dr Joeri Rogelj, reader in climate science and policy, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London who joins us remootely. I invite the four witnesses to make their opening statements and to please them to under five minutes because members will have a lot of questions.

First, I invite Professor McMullin to make his opening statement.